Comments on: GateHouse freebies are stifling potential competition

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Sat, 17 Nov 2007 18:59:45 +0000

[...] tends to confirm what I’ve said before: Mainstream Media isn’t putting it’s stuff on the Web for free because of some [...]

By: Somebody

Somebody — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 13:31:46 +0000

Wonders never cease. Bill and I actually agree on something.

By: Mister Ed

Mister Ed — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 03:15:51 +0000

My tired old eyes can only read so much on the internet before the headache begins. I don’t have that problem reading the printed word. Mister pundit you might find this out when you get a little older.

By: Billy Dennis

Billy Dennis — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 02:04:11 +0000

They can expect what they want. It costs money to get the news. It’s vastly mroe expensive to print news as opposed to posting it online. They are going to get online news whether they want it or not. Eventually, they WILL be charged for it. TANSTAAFL.

By: Eyebrows McGee

Eyebrows McGee — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 01:45:36 +0000

“So will the nationâ€™s increasingly Internet savvy and wired news consumers.”

The nation’s increasingly Internet savvy and wired news consumers expect online content to be free.

By: Billy Dennis

Billy Dennis — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 22:32:47 +0000

JSer: The smartass reply would be that he knows better than I the value of the stories that appear in GateHouse newspapers.

Seriously, though, they DO manage to convince people to buy the dead tree editions. Is the same information unsellable in digital form? I think not.

By: AnotherExJSer

AnotherExJSer — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 22:20:15 +0000

GateHouse Web guru Howard Owens appears to be unalterably opposed to charging for online newspaper content. He spends considerable space on his blog arguing that it’s self-defeating.

By: Billy Dennis

Billy Dennis — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 21:52:05 +0000

Perhaps I was unclear. That’s $10 per month compared to $210 a year, or $120 v. $210 for one year of home delivery or God knows how much to buy it from a newsbox every day.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 21:42:17 +0000

Wow, you want to pay $10 instead of $210. Fantastic business model. Newspapes would stay in business for decades under this plan. Simple fact is that the industry has learned that people don’t want to register at all even for free sites, let alone pay for a site. But you are a pundit.

By: Chase Ingersoll

Chase Ingersoll — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 21:26:50 +0000

Excellent analysis.